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Bravo Network's hot television show "Top Chef" moved into the finals last night with the last four chefs competing for the coveted title. Transported to the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, Antonia, Lisa, Richard, and Stephanie continued to pull out all of the stops in hopes of impressing the judges.

Prepare roast belly of slow cooker pork belly as directed in previous recipe. Cut the pork into 1 to 1 1/2 inch cubes. Cut bean cakes in 1 1/2 inch long and 1/2 inch thick slices. Combine soy sauce, broth, salt and sugar in a saucepan and heat until salt and sugar are dissolved. Dissolve cornstarch in water. Heat the oil in a wok or other pan, add bean curd and stir fry for about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Add soy sauce mixture, bring to the boil and stir in cornstarch to thicken. Stir in the pork. Decorate with parsley and serve.

A Consomme Froid a pork belly heb Tomate is what was making all that noise. Now you ask how can that make any noise. It can when there is dry ice in there and you are told to wait for it to melt and it stops screaming at you and make sure not to drink the ice because it's not good for you!

Next was the pork meal. I love pork so this was good but who knows what we were to get. Roti de Porc is its name and it was actually incredibly delicious. It was Roast White Rocks slow cooker cooking pork belly with Pork Rillette Pancake and Panada Stuffed Baby Apple. All sweet and very delicious.

Thursday night the Bacon Queen will be crowned at Johnny's Hall of Fame on Court Avenue. The night features free bacon samples from 6pm to 10pm and a vote for the woman that will represent the bacon lovers everywhere as their queen. That lucky woman will not only be the Bacon Queen but win slow cooked pork belly tickets to the festival as well.

The Sycamore is located at 2140 Mission Street. Brunch will only be served on Saturday and Sunday from 11am to 3pm. Call 415-252-7704 for more information.

This happens to be my go-to place for ramen. There are many other restaurants in Little Tokyo that make very good ramen, and some are stand out quality, but the Diakokuya ramen holds a special place in my heart, or stomach as the case may be. And when I'm not in the mood for ramen, I'll order a bento box combination, and I'll leave just as happy. I'm grateful to my friend who introduced me to this restaurant. Since then, I've been back many times, and I've, in turn, introduced Diakokuya to others. You will, too.